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Rev. Mary Coday Edwards

Rev. Mary Coday Edwards

Rev. Mary Coday Edwards

Mary is a certified interfaith/nonfaith spiritual facilitator and an ordained minister through the People House Ministerial program. A life-long student of spirituality, Mary spent almost 20 years living, working and sojourning abroad in Asia, Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Latin America before finding her spiritual connection at People House and completing its Ministerial Program. Because of this international immersion and experience, she has deep respect, knowledge and understanding for cultures, cultural constructs, and the major world religions and is well-versed in religious and spiritual diversity.

Past studies include postgraduate studies from the University of South Africa in Theological Ethics/Ecological Justice, focusing on the spiritual and physical interconnectedness of all things. With her MA in Environmental Studies from Boston University, abroad she worked and wrote on environmental sustainability issues at both global and local levels.

She now resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, and is available for all life-cycle events, including weddings, commitment ceremonies, memorials, and funerals. 

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MY BOOK IS OUT, available through Amazon: To Travel Well, Travel Light. The cover shows my Afghan friend and me sitting in Pakistan, with the Hindu Kush mountains behind us.

From the back blurb: 
"As a young mother, Mary moves to Peshawar, Pakistan, with her family to help her Afghan friends rebuild their country, only to painfully watch her patriarchal Christian worldview tumble down ….
"The cover shows Mary in a chador. She wore that in public to protect her Afghan refugee friends from ultra-conservative Muslims who would punish Muslims who were suspected of consorting with loose Western women. She didn’t know it at the time of their move, but she was also wrapped in the chador of patriarchal, conservative Christianity, a religion that served a nonexistent male god who kept adult women as children. This family lived and worked abroad for 20 years, time enough for Mary to experience how her resistance to this religion found affirmation in wisdom ancient and modern and to rebuild her values with soul-driven goals."
Winner of the Nautilus Award
What is the meaning of Nautilus Award?
To recognize, promote, and celebrate books that support any of our Four Pillars:
conscious living & sustainability, health & wellness, spiritual growth, and social change & social justice.

The purpose of People House is to create a space and atmosphere where everyone is accepted for who and what they are at this moment, and to enhance the possibilities of who and what they might become should they choose to expand their spiritual awareness. We believe to do so involves everyone living their experience of life with conscious awareness, and responsibly making their own decisions with a willingness to accept the consequences of their words, thoughts and deeds.

 

People house is not to be held responsible for problems that may result with a practitioner or minister providing their services to you. Additionally, since each person is an independent business, no practitioner or minister at People House is to be held responsible for problems that may result with another practitioner or People House.

 

Ultimately, it is YOU who is responsible for the choices you make of who and what method you may choose for your education and healing process. We suggest you trust your inner wisdom to lead you in the right direction.

 

All ministers maintain their own schedules. Please contact them directly for information about groups, workshops or personal appointments. People House ordained ministers have completed a ministry program through People House. They are available for one-on-one spiritual facilitation, run a variety of workshops, and are available for weddings, baptisms and other events.

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed by the guest bloggers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of People House. The content provided through the People House website and blogs are for informational purposes only. Should you decide to take action in real life based on this information that is your own responsibility and choice.

My Blog Posts

Excavating Shame || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Spirituality in Daily Life: Reject the box—not the Mystery! || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards MA

Be kind – but it DOESN’T mean be nice! || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards MA

Loneliness: Another Gift || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Inside the Seeker’s Journey || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Carl Jung on Owning Your Shadow || by Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Writing Your Trauma: Why, How, & When || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Secular Spirituality: Why It’s Necessary || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards MA

PLASTICS, PEOPLE, PLANET: We’re All Hitched Together || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards MA 

Healing Mother Earth || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

TIME TO TURN TURTLE, Part 3 || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

TIME TO TURN TURTLE, Part 2 || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Time to Turn Turtle! || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

How do we know, what we know to be true? Critical realism as a guide to the real || By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Fate’s Interventions—Minus Fatalism II By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

Instinct, Emotions, or Intuition? II By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

DREAMS: THE GUIDING WORDS OF THE SOUL II By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA

I Served a God that Didn’t Exist* ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

Give the Dvarapala a New Job ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

A Summer Solstice Meditation on Change and Light ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

Equinox: Meditating on Balance ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

What is People House Spirituality? Steps to Transformation in 2021 ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

There’s Magic in the Air ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

Befriend Science—Reject Scientism ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

7 Tips for Staying Power ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

 

 

 

Reform or Disband Police? ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

 

 

 

Illegal Wildlife Trade Intersects with Homeschooling ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

 

 

 

 

Resolve to Honor Your Soul in 2020 ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Solstice: A Time of Spiritual Transformation ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Myths: Update the Stories that Drive Your Life ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 Maps for Life’s Journey ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light and Dark: Living a Seasonal Mythos ll Mary Coday Edwards